Carroll, Barry wrote:
> Greetings:
>
> Personally, I don't think top-posting is the most annoying newsgroup
> habit. I think it's making a big fuss about minor inconveniences.
>
> One of the nicest things about being human is the amazing flexibility of
> our brains. For example, if a block of
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Carroll, Barry schreef:
> Secondly, can someone point me to the Standard Usenet Convention that
> mandates against top-posting. This is not sarcasm; I would really like
> to see it. You see, I recently returned to Usenet after a LONG absence.
> When I was last a regular Usenet citizen the Interne
Paul Rubin schreef:
> No. Top posting has always been an aberrance. It first appeared in
> Usenet when Usenet (a word whose etymology comes from "Unix" and
> "network") started attracting Microsoft Windows users, who were in the
> habit of using Windows products that top-posted. That happened fa
Dane Jensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in
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> On Friday 19 January 2007 22:51, Hendrik van Rooyen wrote:
>> "Steven D'Aprano" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> > Or perhaps I should say:
>> >
>> > .snoitnevnoc
>> > hsilgnE tpada )ylbissop revenehw( dluohs ew os dna ,naitraM
>> >
On 2007-01-20, Nick Maclaren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> "Carroll, Barry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>|>
>|> My thanks to Aahz and the others who responded. I also did some
>|> Googling on my own. I found out that top-posting is the norm in the
>|> e-mail wo
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Carroll, Barry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
|>
|> My thanks to Aahz and the others who responded. I also did some
|> Googling on my own. I found out that top-posting is the norm in the
|> e-mail world. Bottom- and inline-posting are the norm in the newsgroup
|>
On Friday 19 January 2007 22:51, Hendrik van Rooyen wrote:
> "Steven D'Aprano" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Or perhaps I should say:
> >
> > .snoitnevnoc
> > hsilgnE tpada )ylbissop revenehw( dluohs ew os dna ,naitraM ton
> > ,puorgswen egaugnal hsilgnE na no er'ew ,segaugnal hcus era ereht fi ne
::CLAP CLAP::
thank you!
I have been in the newsgroups for over 12 years and I never cared about the
top/bottom post silliness. All I care about is that the message is clearly
written. Everything else is doggerel.
> -Original Message-
> From: Carroll, Barry
>
> Personally, I don't
"Steven D'Aprano" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Or perhaps I should say:
>
> .snoitnevnoc
> hsilgnE tpada )ylbissop revenehw( dluohs ew os dna ,naitraM ton ,puorgswen
> egaugnal hsilgnE na no er'ew ,segaugnal hcus era ereht fi neve tuB
First I thought it was Welsh or Cornish or something.
Then i
"Carroll, Barry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> When I was last a regular Usenet citizen the Internet was new, GUI
> interfaces were experimental and the World Wide Web didn't exist yet.
> Newsreader software was text-based. Top-posting was the common
> practice, because it was the most convenient.
I should write a python script to read this. :)
>.snoitnevnoc
>hsilgnE tpada )ylbissop revenehw( dluohs ew os dna ,naitraM ton ,puorgswen
>egaugnal hsilgnE na no er'ew ,segaugnal hcus era ereht fi neve tuB
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On Fri, 19 Jan 2007 12:20:26 -0800, Carroll, Barry wrote:
> It took me about 3 seconds to realize that Mr. D'Aprano' Q&A session was
> laid out bottom-to-top instead of top-to-bottom. After that, it made
> perfect sense.
Three seconds, compared to about thirty milliseconds if it were written in
> -Original Message-
> From: Aahz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Friday, January 19, 2007 3:29 PM
> To: python-list@python.org
> Subject: Re: OT Annoying Habits (Was: when format strings attack)
>
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> Carroll, B
At Friday 19/1/2007 18:43, Carroll, Barry wrote:
Secondly, can someone point me to the Standard Usenet Convention that
mandates against top-posting. This is not sarcasm; I would really like
to see it.
There are some guidelines, like RFC 1855 (not a real standard, or
enforced in any way):
ht
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Carroll, Barry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>Secondly, can someone point me to the Standard Usenet Convention that
>mandates against top-posting. This is not sarcasm; I would really like
>to see it. You see, I recently returned to Usenet after a LONG absence.
>When
On 1/19/07, Carroll, Barry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Secondly, can someone point me to the Standard Usenet Convention that
> mandates against top-posting. This is not sarcasm; I would really like
> to see it.
For what (very little) it's worth, see RFC 1855.
--
Jerry
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In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Carroll, Barry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
|>
|> Secondly, can someone point me to the Standard Usenet Convention that
|> mandates against top-posting. This is not sarcasm; I would really like
|> to see it. You see, I recently returned to Usenet after a LONG ab
: Friday, January 19, 2007 1:12 PM
> To: python-list@python.org
> Subject: Re: OT Annoying Habits (Was: when format strings attack)
>
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> Carroll, Barry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >Personally, I don't think top-posting i
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Carroll, Barry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>Personally, I don't think top-posting is the most annoying newsgroup
>habit. I think it's making a big fuss about minor inconveniences. =20
Thing is, nobody will ignore your posts for following standard Usenet
convention
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